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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nena first asked Messner to go for a walk with him to explore the area around the base camp at the beginning of the North Col chapter, what was Messner doing that he did not want to stop?
(a) Planning.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

2. When Messner finally reached the summit, how did he feel?
(a) Buoyant.
(b) Elated.
(c) Overwhelmed.
(d) Completely empty.

3. On the way back to the base camp in the Rongbuk chapter, where did the team stop to refill their supplies?
(a) In Lhasa.
(b) In Shekar.
(c) In Peking.
(d) In Shisha.

4. What was the Potala that Messner spied sitting on the Marpori in the Tibet chapter?i
(a) A home.
(b) A palace.
(c) A castle.
(d) A fortress.

5. What was the name of the first woman to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Tung.
(b) Tabei.
(c) Ganpei.
(d) Phantog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Messner believe he needed in order to reach the summit from the advanced base camp?

2. When Messner and Nena left Lhasa in the Tibet chapter, where did they travel to?

3. According to the Chomolungma chapter, how far of a hike was it from the standing camp and the high camp?

4. When Messner reached an altitude of 7500 meters in the Chomolungma chapter, what did he see in the snow?

5. What did Messner estimate the nighttime temperatures on Everest were?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the expedition rested at the start of the East Rongbuk Glacier in the North Col chapter, Nena wrote in her diary that she was disillusioned with humanity. Why?

2. In the Tibetan chapter, how did Messner describe the province of Szechuan?

3. Why were women included on the 1975 Chinese expedition team?

4. As Messner's team traveled to the Nepalese border in the Rongbuk chapter, why did the area remind Messner of South Tyrol?

5. In the North Col chapter, why did Nena decide to change her socks just as Messner said he was ready to go for their walk?

6. In the Tibetan chapter, what three topics did the interpreter assigned to Messner and Nena continually ask about?

7. Why is the summer monsoon of extraordinary importance for the people of India and Nepal?

8. Describe what a monsoon is.

9. As Messner's team traveled back to the base camp in the Rongbuk chapter, what did he notice as he looked at the mountains that made Messner hopeful?

10. As Messner climbed to the summit of Everest in the Chomolungma chapter, what were his only two aids?

(see the answer keys)

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